I am surprised that more vendors aren't selling mp3 compatible head units, that incorporate the docking units. I find the portable carry around types but I have a head unit in one of my cabinets(to keep dust to a min) and I would like to wire in a mp3 port. Any cheap solutions using RCA jack type stuff?
i think you could just stop at step one in this thread root http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243821&highlight=ipod
I use my MP3 that's in my cell. The headphone jack is a bit smaller than what your used to seeing, but I just picked up an adapter that sizes the MP3 jack up to the same size as a normal headphone jack and then I plug that right into my el-cheapo stereo in the shop. Carl Hagan
Just buy a mini plug to c***ette adapter and use the c***ette deck. Cheapest easiest way you'll find.
Burn your MP3's onto CD's and then buy any MP3 compatible DVD/CD player. A five disc one will hold about 25 hours worth of music and you have created a back up system in the event your Ipod or computer dies.
Sell said mp3 player and expand your 8 track or 45 collection. If you don't have an 8 track or 45 collection all is lost.
Thing is, most don't have to make the head units compatible because the IPOD itself has an adapter that allows the IPOD to transmit an FM signal to be picked up by the radio itself. Typically they broadcast on a handful of unused stations, and the signal is clear. I picked up one of these transmitters cheap enough on Ebay last year for my wife and she loves it. Best of all for me, whenever I get into her S10 Blazer I don't have to move 50 freakin CDs out of the way!
Hey Im not sure about your question, ie if you are trying to get music into your shop as per ***le, or head unit in your car, but a ton of companys make compatible head units for car use. Target or Wal Mart have a bunch under 100 bucks by big brands that use 1/8" jacks up front. They work pretty well. Aiwa was one of the first (for CD walkmans haha) and a friend of mine has one of them, works great. Another idea is I use (in my garage) a 1/8" jack, which is the output of your ipod that splits into a red and blue RCA jack deal. Got it at Radio Shack super cheap. Then RCA cables to the back of the radio tape in or aux in, whathaveyou. Sounds great just keep the volume on the ipod around 3/4 or so, no louder. Cranking the ipod acts as a preamp distortion type deal. The FM transmitters were great, I had the 1st gen Griffin Itrip, but recently bought a new one for my Nano. ****s. Absolutely ****s. Crank both the radio and ipod and you can barely hear it over road noise. Im not one to return opened packages, but this one is going back. I tried it in a few cars as well, same result.
No not in my car, in my shop. I hate modern radio , it's either all talk or all commercials. I just want to play music non-stop. Plus no one plays what I listen to anyway.
I just got a headphone to c***ette adapter , cheap and you can use it in your car too..... but then I recorded all my MP3s as mono too so it would still sound good thru one speaker..... or one headphone so I could hear other things.....
ok here was the cheap solution I used in my cl***room for my students during presentations, I snagged a set of computer speakers from the pawn shop, they have a jack like the ones for headphones... I can now plug that ****er into my I-pod or a student's i-pod/mp3 and play music, If you bring a charger for your mp3 you can have cheap, endless hours of music
Do you have a computer in the shop? I just play iTunes from the computer here. Or switch out CDs all day.
I have my old 100 amp stereo in my shop. Went out and bought a cheap DVD player that plays MP3. I guess I could watch DVD's with it as well in my shop but I hooked it up to my stereo. Just hook it up the same way you would install a record player. It took 2 minutes to plug in. 12 hours of music on one disc. I paid 40$.
A friggin men. There are 1 maybe 2 talk stations I like, but outside that everything ****s. There is a 50's station here on AM that started a few yrs back, played some decent stuff, but apparently there were only 40 songs between 1954 and 1963....ever... Then when CBS FM went down, they took aboard 60s and 70s garbage. WMTR AM. Really took a nose dive for ratings. Oh well. If you have a radio there now tho, seriously the cheap way is just what I said. I have it on now. Cheap and easy.
i,m standing at my Chrysler MDS computer listening to streaming rock and roll via the internet. A cable provides input from the computer to the amp/reciever and voila! All day cl***ic rock and roll!
I bought a 300 disc RCA cd changer from Radio Shack a few years ago. Load it, push play or random, turn it off 3 weeks later to reload with fresh music. Probably the most used part of my entertainment system.
North Korean Marshall Music? I know what you mean, I have gone through the Sirius Punk channel's playlist a couple times and their cl***ic country isn't that great either, so satellite isn't necessarily a better answer than MP3.
You can get RCA cable with male headphone jack on the oposite end at any radio shack. Plug into your rca jack and put the sterio on aux setting and rock out. I think the cabel was a =bout 6 bucks.
Thanks. I'll check it out. I really would like to have streaming audio, but my shop is over 100' from the house. I guess I could get a wireless router but I am concerned about security. I thought about just building a cpu to run music only. Build it on the cheap.
Yep. That is what I use, got one on my home stereo and one on the shop stereo, and will soon have one in my car.
Yea and wal mart has 'em too that's how I got tunes in my Chevy without a head unit. I just plug it directly into the amp and run a couple of 6x9's.http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9721017
You should PM my bud, he builds jukeboxs and does all this Itunes, mp3 stuff like this as a hobbie. Hes here on the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=54164
I bought the Creative Labs Xmod wireless transmitter and receiver direct from Creative for $100. While it isn't cheap, it works well. I'd call and see if it will handle 100'. I'm about 40' and going through 1 wall. I bought a refurb. sub and 2 speaker system for $25 and I'm very happy now. I have everything on the computer available.
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